List of islands of Japan by area
Japan has 6,852 islands. Approximately 430 are inhabited.[1][2] This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging or claimed by Japan.
Name | area, sq.km | maximal height, m | population | Prefecture |
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Honshu | 225800 | 3776 | 104000000 | 34 prefectures |
Hokkaido | 83423 | 2290.9 | 5348102 | Hokkaido |
Kyushu | 36782 | 1791 | 12970479 | 7 prefectures |
Shikoku | 18297 | 1982 | 3796687 | 4 prefectures |
Iturup | 3174 | 1634 | 7500 | Hokkaido |
Kunashir | 1490 | 1819 | 7800 | Hokkaido |
Okinawa | 1206 | 503 | 1301462 | Okinawa |
Sado | 854 | 1172 | 55474 | Niigata |
Amami Ōshima | 712.35 | 694 | 73000 | Kagoshima |
Tsushima | 708.7 | 649 | 39716 | Nagasaki |
Awaji | 592 | 606 | 157000 | Hyōgo |
Shimoshima, Amakusa | 574.01 | 538.4 | 87191 | Kumamoto |
Yakushima | 504 | 1935 | 13178 | Kagoshima |
Tanegashima | 444 | 282 | 33000 | Kagoshima |
Fukue | 326 | 461 | 38481 | Nagasaki |
Iriomote | 289 | 469.5 | 2347 | Okinawa |
Tokunoshima | 247 | 645 | 27000 | Kagoshima |
Shikotan | 247 | 412 | 2100 | Hokkaido |
Dōgojima | 241.58 | 607 | 14849 | Shimane |
Kamishima, Amakusa | 225 | 682 | 34412 | Kumamoto |
Ishigaki | 222 | 525.5 | 47000 | Okinawa |
Rishiri | 183 | 1721 | 5102 | Hokkaido |
Nakadori | 168 | 442 | 20167 | Nagasaki |
Hirado | 163 | 535 | 21355 | Nagasaki |
Miyako-jima | 158 | 114.8 | 55914 | Okinawa |
Shōdoshima | 153 | 816.7 | 28764 | Kagawa |
Okushiri | 142 | 584 | 3343 | Hokkaido |
Iki | 134 | 212.9 | 28008 | Nagasaki |
Suō-Ōshima | 128 | 691 | 19739 | Yamaguchi |
Okinoerabujima | 93 | 246 | 15000 | Kagoshima |
Etajima | 91 | 399.8 | 24596 | Hiroshima |
Izu Ōshima | 91 | 764 | 8179 | Tokyo |
Nagashima, Kagoshima | 90.62 | 403 | 10120 | Kagoshima |
Rebun | 80 | 490 | 3194 | Hokkaido |
Kakeromajima | 77.39 | 314 | 1600 | Kagoshima |
Kurahashi-jima | 69.46 | 491.1 | 19565 | Hiroshima |
Shimokoshiki-jima | 66.12 | 604 | 2780 | Kagoshima |
Ōmishima, Ehime | 64.54 | 437 | 23398 | Ehime |
Hachijō-jima | 62.52 | 854.3 | 8363 | Tokyo |
Kume Island | 59.11 | 310.4 | 10000 | Okinawa |
Zelenyj, Habomai | 58.38 | 45 | 0 | Hokkaido |
Kikaijima | 56.93 | 214 | 7657 | Kagoshima |
Nishinoshima | 55.97 | 452 | 3400 | Shimane |
Miyake-jima | 55.44 | 775.1 | 2415 | Tokyo |
Notojima | 46.78 | 196.8 | 3187 | Ishikawa |
Kamikoshiki-jima | 45.08 | 423 | 2796 | Kagoshima |
Ōshima (Ehime) | 41.87 | 381.9 | 1800 | Ehime |
Ōsakikamijima | 38.27 | 452.6 | 3187 | Hiroshima |
Kuchinoerabu-jima | 38.04 | 657 | 147 | Kagoshima |
Hisaka | 37.23 | 357 | 395 | Nagasaki |
Innoshima | 35.03 | 390 | 27465 | Hiroshima |
Nakanoshima | 34.47 | 979 | 167 | Kagoshima |
Hario | 33.16 | 174 | 9767 | Nagasaki |
Nakanoshima | 32.21 | 164 | 2400 | Shimane |
Ikuchi-jima | 31.21 | 472.3 | 9310 | Hiroshima |
Wakamatsu | 31.13 | 339.2 | 1661 | Nagasaki |
Minamidaitōjima | 30.57 | 75 | 2107 | Okinawa |
Itsukushima | 30.33 | 535 | 1800 | Hiroshima |
Ōyano-jima | 29.88 | 229 | 14729 | Kumamoto |
Irabu-jima | 29.06 | 89 | 6283 | Okinawa |
Yonaguni | 28.88 | 231.4 | 1745 | Okinawa |
Suwanosejima | 27.66 | 796 | 48 | Kagoshima |
Uku-jima | 24.94 | 258 | 2575 | Nagasaki |
Naru Island | 23.65 | 276 | 2776 | Nagasaki |
Chichijima | 23.45 | 326 | 2000 | Tokyo |
Mukaishima | 23.31 | 283 | 28000 | Hiroshima |
Ie-jima | 23 | 172.2 | 4198 | Okinawa |
Nii-jima | 22.97 | 432 | 2700 | Tokyo |
Naka-jima, Ehime | 21.17 | 293 | 2938 | Ehime |
Iwo Jima | 21 | 161 | 0 | Tokyo |
Hakata | 20.93 | 304 | 7683 | Ehime |
Yoronjima | 20.8 | 98 | 6000 | Kagoshima |
Iheya-jima | 20.66 | 98 | 1214 | Okinawa |
Mikura-jima | 20.45 | 851 | 351 | Tokyo |
Hahajima | 19.88 | 462 | 450 | Tokyo |
Tarama-jima | 19.81 | 34.2 | 1185 | Okinawa |
Kamikamagari-jima | 18.81 | 457 | 2658 | Hiroshima |
Kōzu-shima | 18.48 | 571 | 1952 | Tokyo |
Ōsakishimo-jima | 17.82 | 449 | 6000 | Hiroshima |
Fukushima, Nagasaki | 17.26 | 141 | 3202 | Nagasaki |
Shishi-jima | 17.05 | 393 | 1050 | Kagoshima |
Ikitsuki, Nagasaki | 16.58 | 286 | 7014 | Nagasaki |
Heigun | 16.56 | 468 | 591 | Yamaguchi |
Takashima, Nagasaki | 16.18 | 117 | 2487 | Nagasaki |
Izena | 15.44 | 119.9 | 1518 | Okinawa |
Kuroshima | 15.37 | 621.9 | 199 | Kagoshima |
Tokashiki | 15.31 | 227 | 750 | Okinawa |
Azuchi-Ōshima | 15.16 | 177 | 1269 | Nagasaki |
Ōmi-jima | 14.81 | 319.9 | 1200 | Yamaguchi |
Teshima | 14.5 | 339.8 | 1200 | Kagawa |
Chiburijima | 13.7 | 325 | 650 | Shimane |
Nagashima, Yamaguchi | 13.69 | 314 | 2000 | Yamaguchi |
Uke | 13.35 | 400 | 200 | Kagoshima |
Kuchinoshima | 13.33 | 628.5 | 140 | Kagoshima |
Hateruma | 12.73 | 59.5 | 490 | Okinawa |
Goshoura | 12.53 | 442.4 | 3615 | Kumamoto |
Tanfil'eva, Habomai | 12.42 | 18 | 0 | Hokkaido |
Ojika | 12.27 | 111 | 2433 | Nagasaki |
Oshima | 12.08 | 163 | 5725 | Nagasaki |
Kitadaitōjima | 11.94 | 74 | 660 | Okinawa |
Hiroshima, Kagawa | 11.72 | 453 | 800 | Kagawa |
Kasado-jima | 11.67 | 255.8 | 800 | Yamaguchi |
Iōjima | 11.65 | 703.7 | 121 | Kagoshima |
Polonskogo, Habomai | 10.91 | 16 | 0 | Hokkaido |
Hikoshima | 10.58 | 111.8 | 30182 | Yamaguchi |
Kinkasan | 10.28 | 445 | 6 | Miyagi |
Kakuishima | 10.13 | 245 | 12 | Okayama |
Okinoshima | 10.02 | 404 | 283 | Kōchi |
Kuroshima | 10.02 | 15.3 | 220 | Okinawa |
Yuri | 9.9 | 44 | 0 | Hokkaido |
Awashima, Niigata | 9.86 | 265.6 | 265 | Niigata |
Oshima (Hokkaido) | 9.73 | 732.4 | 0 | Hokkaido |
See also
- Geography of Japan
- List of islands of Japan
- List of islands
- Names of Japan
References
This article used material from Japanese Wikipedia page 日本の島の一覧, accessed 28 July 2017
- Look Japan, Vol. 43, Issues 493-504, p. 35; retrieved 2013-3-2.
- "離島とは(島の基礎知識)" (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (website) on November 13, 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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